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" Maybe he just looks good compared to the bores he's running against. "
Ed Koch
Good
He
Just
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" I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government. "
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" I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever. "
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" The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again. "
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" Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life. "
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" I was drafted into the Army when I was 19 and came out at age 22. Most people that I knew didn't think they'd come home alive. I didn't think I would either, so I was happy when I did. "
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" I'm coming to the end of my life. I do reflect on what I've done for the 85 years that I have been given so far. And I'm proud of what I've done. "
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" The art of creation is older than the art of killing. "
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Creation
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" Tone can be as important as text. "
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" Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart. "
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" I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot. "
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Twelve
Lot
" Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the world. "
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Today
Birthday
" I have a social life. But I don't discuss it. "
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Social
Life
Discuss
" I like to think that I'm one of the few people in public life who write their own material. I write every word. And I really enjoy writing - especially my political commentary. "
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People
Think
Writing
" I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows. "
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First
Know
Windows
" Water, water, everywhere, Atlantic and Pacific. But New York City's got them beat, Our aqua is terrific! "
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Water
City
New
" My brain is good, but my body is deteriorating. I probably have another two or three years. Or I can pass tomorrow, but it doesn't make a difference to me. "
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Good
Tomorrow
Make A Difference
" The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it. "
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Lose
Mouth
Diet
" I think I have a very good reputation amongst the gay population and among the whole country because I stood up on the issue of gay rights. It is not easy to stand up on that issue when you are single and male in New York City. I did it anyway. "
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Think
Stand Up
New York
" If you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues, vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, see a psychiatrist. "
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Vote
Me
Psychiatrist
" People get tired of you. So they decided to throw me out. And so help me God, as the numbers were coming in, I said to myself, 'I'm free at last.' "
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God
Myself
Help
" I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them. "
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Give
Get
Type
" It happens that I'm heterosexual, but I don't care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don't have the ability to protect their rights. "
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Happens
Protect
Rights
" I'm confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term. "
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Will
President
Confident
" You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights. "
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Rights
You
Them
" Twelve years ago, if someone attacked me, I wouldn't let them get away with it. I'd take them on. I now perceive my job to include allowing people to vent their rage. "
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Job
Me
Now
" I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did. "
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Did
Would
Never
" I don't believe that in our society that we should have guns. "
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Should
Society
" I think that every Saturday, we ought to say, 'My father's a Jew, my mother was a Jew, and I'm a Jew,' with great pride. "
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" There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate. "
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Relationship
New York